# रामायण
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit रामायण (rāmāyaṇa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɾɑː.mɑː.jəɳ/, [ɾäː.mäː.jɐ̃ɳ]

### Proper noun

रामायण • (rāmāyaṇ) f or m (Urdu spelling رَامَایَن or رَامَائِن)
* (Hinduism, literature) Ramayana

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “रामायण”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 168
* Platts, John T. (1884) “रामायण”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 583
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रामायण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 862
* “راماین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

## Prakrit
### Proper noun

रामायण (rāmāyaṇa) n
* Devanagari script form of 𑀭𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀡

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৰামায়ণ (Assamese script)
* ᬭᬵᬫᬵᬬᬡ (Balinese script)
* রামায়ণ (Bengali script)
* 𑰨𑰯𑰦𑰯𑰧𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀭𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* ရာမာယဏ (Burmese script)
* રામાયણ (Gujarati script)
* ਰਾਮਾਯਣ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌯𑌣 (Grantha script)
* ꦫꦴꦩꦴꦪꦟ (Javanese script)
* 𑂩𑂰𑂧𑂰𑂨𑂝 (Kaithi script)
* ರಾಮಾಯಣ (Kannada script)
* រាមាយណ (Khmer script)
* ຣາມາຍຓ (Lao script)
* രാമായണ (Malayalam script)
* ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘨𑘰𑘦𑘰𑘧𑘜 (Modi script)
* ᠷᠠᢗᠮᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧈𑧑𑧆𑧑𑧇𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐬𑐵𑐩𑐵𑐫𑐞 (Newa script)
* ରାମାଯଣ (Odia script)
* ꢬꢵꢪꢵꢫꢠ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆫𑆳𑆩𑆳𑆪𑆟 (Sharada script)
* 𑖨𑖯𑖦𑖯𑖧𑖜 (Siddham script)
* රාමායණ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩼𑩛𑩴𑩛𑩻𑩪 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚤𑚭𑚢𑚭𑚣𑚘 (Takri script)
* ராமாயண (Tamil script)
* రామాయణ (Telugu script)
* รามายณ (Thai script)
* རཱ་མཱ་ཡ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒩𑒰𑒧𑒰𑒨𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨫𑨊𑨢𑨊𑨪𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Compound of राम (rāma, “Rāma”) +‎ अयन (ayana, “course”), literally “course[s] of Rāma”.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɾɑːˈmɑː.jɐ.ɳɐ/

### Proper noun

रामायण • (rāmāyaṇa) stem, n
* (Classical Sanskrit, Hinduism, literature) Ramayana

#### Descendants

* Prakrit: रामायण (rāmāyaṇa)
** Takka Apabhramsa: 𑆫𑆳𑆩𑆳𑆪𑆟 (rāmāyaṇa)
* Arabic: رَامَايَانَا (rāmāyānā)
* Armenian: Ռամայանա (Ṙamayana)
* Assamese: ৰামায়ণ (ramayon)
* Bengali: রামায়ণ (ramaẏon)
* Burmese: ရာမာယဏ (ramaya.na.)
* → Chinese: 羅摩衍那 / 罗摩衍那 (Luómóyǎnnà)
* Czech: Rámájana
* English: Ramayana
* Georgian: რამაიანა (ramaiana)
* French: Ramayana
** → Vietnamese: Ra-ma-ya-na
* Gujarati: રામાયણ (rāmāyaṇ)
* Greek: Ραμαγιάνα (Ramagiána)
* Hindustani:
    Hindi: रामायण (rāmāyaṇ)
    Urdu: رَامَایَن (rāmāyan), رَامَائِن (rāmā‘in)
* Hungarian: Rámájana
* Japanese: ラーマーヤナ (Rāmāyana)
* Kannada: ರಾಮಾಯಣ (rāmāyaṇa)
* Konkani: rāmāyaṇ
    Devanagari script: रामायण
    Kannada script: ರಾಮಾಯಣ್
    Latin script: Ramayonn
* Korean: 라마야나 (ramayana)
* Malayalam: രാമായണം (rāmāyaṇaṁ)
* Manipuri: ꯔꯥꯃꯥꯌꯟ (raamaayan)
* Marathi: रामायण (rāmāyaṇ)
* Marwari: रामायण (rāmāyaṇ)
* → Middle Chinese: 邏摩衍拏 (MC laH ma yenX nrae)
* Nepali: रामायण (rāmāyaṇ)
* Odia: ରାମାୟଣ (rāmāyaṇa)
* Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਰਮਾਇਣ (ramāiṇa), ਰਾਮਾਇਣ (rāmāiṇa)
    Shahmukhi script: رمائن (rmā'in), رامائن (rāmā'in)
* Persian: رامایانا (râmâyânâ)
* Russian: Рамаяна (Ramajana)
* Sindhi:
    Arabic script: رامائـِڻُ
* Tamil: இராமாயணம் (irāmāyaṇam)
* Telugu: రామాయణము (rāmāyaṇamu)
* Thai: รามายณะ (raa-maa-yá-ná)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “रामायण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 878.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2025) “rāmāyaṇa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “रामायण”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1339